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Crew
Bolden Cenker Chang-Diaz Gibson Hawley Nelson Nelson Bill
12 January 1986 11:55 GMT. Duration: 6.09 days. Call Sign: Columbia. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC39A. Launch Vehicle: Shuttle. LV Configuration: STS-32 (61-C). Program: STS. Class: Manned. Type: Spaceplane. Spacecraft: Columbia. Payload: Columbia F07 Satcom-K 1 [PAM-D2]. Mass: 14,724 kg. Perigee: 331 km. Apogee: 338 km. Inclination: 28.5 deg. Period: 91.2 min. References: 1 , 2 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 33 .
STS-61-CSTS-61-C - Piece of thermal insulation tile floats near the Shuttle Columbia

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